A disheveled patient with severe depression and psychomotor retardation has not showered for several days. The nurse should:
a. avoid forcing the issue.
b. bring up the issue at the community meeting.
c. calmly tell the patient, "You must bathe daily."
d. firmly and neutrally assist the patient with showering.
ANS: D
When patients are unable to perform self-care activities, staff members must assist them rather than ignore the issue. Better grooming increases self-esteem. Calmly telling the patient to bathe daily and bringing up the issue at a community meeting are punitive.
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